This month marks Microsoft’s 50th anniversary, celebrations are in full swing and Bill Gates is getting the celebrity treatment. He’s still central to Microsoft, meeting regularly with the current CEO, Satya Nadella, and spending “about 15%” of his time reviewing Microsoft products.¹

It’s a good time to remind Gates to review Azure, Microsoft’s cloud platform.  Azure is one of Microsoft’s products used in Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza² and also used to facilitate ICE’s targeting of student protests against genocide.³

For Microsoft’s 50th, tell Bill Gates to use his influence and stop supporting AI warfare and the government’s unlawful deportations.

Microsoft once prided itself on being a tech company with strong human rights standards, particularly regarding AI. Even today, despite multiple exposés on how Microsoft’s Azure and AI are fueling Israel’s genocide, Microsoft still promotes itself online as incorporating global human rights “laws, principles, and norms.”⁴

All while Trump deports legal residents with Azure support, and Netanyahu faces an active arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court.

Neither Trump nor Netanyahu could carry out their plans for mass deportations and massacres in Gaza without Microsoft.

Take action today: Tell Bill Gates to celebrate Microsoft’s 50th anniversary by doing something good for the world.

Sources:

1. “Five Takeaways From Bill Gates’s Interview With The Wall Street Journal,” The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 26, 2025.

2. “How US tech giants supplied Israel with AI models, raising questions about tech's role in warfare,” AP News, Feb. 18, 2025.

3. “ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online,” The Intercept, Feb. 11, 2025.

4. “Microsoft Global Human Rights Statement,” (accessed March 17, 2025).